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Aleks is author of In-Yer-Face Theatre and Rewriting the Nation, co-editor of theatreVOICE website, and works as a journalist, broadcaster and theatre critic at large.

Articles By Aleks Sierz

Les Blancs, National Theatre at Home review – triumphant revival of forgotten classic

Friday, 03 July 2020 Read more...

Reasons To Be Cheerful, Graeae review - raunchy working-class nostalgia

Wednesday, 10 June 2020 Read more...

A Streetcar Named Desire, National Theatre at Home review - world on fire

Friday, 22 May 2020 Read more...

Midnight Your Time, Donmar Warehouse online review – intimate and quietly moving

Thursday, 14 May 2020 Read more...

Frankenstein, National Theatre at Home review – creature discomforts

Saturday, 02 May 2020 Read more...

#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei, Hampstead Theatre online review – imbued with an urgent new relevance

Tuesday, 28 April 2020 Read more...

Wise Children, BBC online review – beautifully bizarre

Tuesday, 14 April 2020 Read more...

Gators, Tramp Productions online review - the glittering dark

Thursday, 09 April 2020 Read more...

It’s True, It’s True, It’s True, Breach Theatre online review – a riveting watch

Tuesday, 07 April 2020 Read more...

One Man, Two Guvnors, National Theatre at Home review – bliss, utter comic bliss

Saturday, 04 April 2020 Read more...

The Croft, Original Theatre online review – give me the remote

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 Read more...

Sondheim at 90 Songs: 4 - 'America'

Thursday, 26 March 2020 Read more...

Bubble, Theatre Uncut online review - educational, but unexceptional

Tuesday, 24 March 2020 Read more...

Blithe Spirit, Duke of York's Theatre review - Jennifer Saunders in serious comedy

Wednesday, 11 March 2020 Read more...

Shoe Lady, Royal Court review - Katherine Parkinson is a footsore Beckettian

Tuesday, 10 March 2020 Read more...

The Special Relationship, Soho Theatre review - informative, but uninspiring

Wednesday, 04 March 2020 Read more...

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